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Protection. - Pamela - 04-26-2007
During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a
Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the
crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his
direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to
several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the
caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy
soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search
all the caves and he would be killed.
As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me.
Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw
close. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out
of
this one." Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of
his cave.
As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while,
the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the
cave.
"Hah, he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has
sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout
and
could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his,
he
got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after
glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he
realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as
if no one had entered for quite a while.
"Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you
a
spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."
We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget
what God can work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways.
And remember with God, a mere spider's web becomes a brick wall of
protection.
Lord, I thank you for all our Military, and their families. I Pray for
a
Brick wall of protection, for them everyday!!! Amen
Protection. - Siris - 04-26-2007
Ooh-rah
Protection. - Pamela - 04-26-2007
Siris Wrote:Ooh-rahOoh-rah indeed sir!! Now explain this term to all the non-military people and kids.
Protection. - L4E - 04-26-2007
This is literally a copy of something that happened in the story of the Muslim prophet Muhammed. Except in this story, the prophet is the soldier, and the people trying to kill him are WWII soldiers.
Modified to please the public I suppose.
Protection. - DaCougarMech - 04-26-2007
And Then We Blew Up Hiroshima And Nagasaki!!!
Yay God
Protection. - The Mob - 04-26-2007
^^ LOL
good story btw.
Protection. - Siris - 04-26-2007
Pamela Wrote:Ooh-rah indeed sir!! Now explain this term to all the non-military people and kids.
Lol I don't think it can be explained. You either have to be a Marine or stationed with them to fully understand.
Protection. - Pamela - 04-27-2007
LOL Yah I know.BTW this was an e-mail from my Mom,I did not write it and take no credit.
Protection. - Frai7ty - 04-28-2007
Well, I like this story. I have many friends going into the Marines, and one of them is at least going to be posted in Iraq, so this story helps a bit.
Protection. - Pamela - 04-29-2007
Siris Wrote:Ooh-rah
Pamela Wrote:Ooh-rah indeed sir!! Now explain this term to all the non-military people and kids.
Siris Wrote:Lol I don't think it can be explained. You either have to be a Marine or stationed with them to fully understand.
Frai7ty Wrote:Well, I like this story. I have many friends going into the Marines, and one of them is at least going to be posted in Iraq, so this story helps a bit.
To help explain Ooh-rah is what Marines say as a motivational shout.This is shouted at good things and builds not only commaraderie,but lifts your fellow Marines spirits.
When you hear this shouted,it is a good thing ^-^
OOH-RAH!
Protection. - Metalhead Steve - 04-29-2007
DaCougarMech Wrote:And Then We Blew Up Hiroshima And Nagasaki!!!
Yay God
Yay God! Not exactly my thoughts, but it made me laugh. I was going to say what a coincidence.
But, yes support our troops!
Protection. - Siris - 04-29-2007
Hell we use it for everything. I got hella sunburned today (which i can get njp'd for because it is destruction of gov property... stupid) and I can say Ooh-rah sunburn and every Marine would kknow exactly what I mean. We can basically say it to anything for it to make sense to us. And yes Pam it is to uplift spirit, lol and it works too.